A. Technical Documents – WTC 1, 2 & 7
A.1 The Controlled Demolition Theory
A.1.1 P S Kayley
A.1.2 Architects and Engineers
A.1.3 Mark Basile
A.1.4 Charles Beck
A.1.5 Ronald Brookman
A.1.6 David Chandler
A.1.7 Wayne Coste et al.
A.1.8 A. K. Dewdney
A.1.9 Eric Douglas
A.1.10 Timothy Eastman and Jonathan Cole
A.1.11 Crockett Grabbe
A.1.12 David Griscom
A.1.13 Niels Harrit, Jeffrey Farrer, Steven Jones, Kevin Ryan, Frank Legge, Daniel Farnsworth, Gregg Roberts, James Gourley, and Bradley Larsen
A.1.14 Leroy Hulsey, Zhili Quan, and Feng Xiao
A.1.15 Steven Jones et al.
A.1.16 Robert Korol et al.
A.1.17 Kenneth Kuttler
A.1.18 Frank Legge
A.1.19 Jerry Lobdill
A.1.20 Graeme McQueen et al.
A.1.21 William Pepper
A.1.22 Gordon Ross et al.
A.1.23 Andre Rousseau
A.1.24 Kevin Ryan
A.1.25 Ansgar Schneider
A.1.26 Tony Szamboti et al.
A.1.27 Gregory Szuladzinski et al.
A.1.28 Adam Taylor
A.1.29 Gregory Urich
A.1.30 John Wyndham et al.
A.1.31 Others
A.2 Challenges to NIST by AE911Truth
A.3 Countering Disinformation, Samples
A.3.1 By AE911Truth
A.3.2 By Adam Taylor et al.
A.3.3 By David Chandler
A.3.4 By Others
B. Defenses of the Official WTC Collapse Narrative
B.1 Zdenek Bazant et al. — Mainstream Engineering Papers
B.2 FEMA – Reports, May 2002
B.3 NIST – Reports
B.3.1 Final Reports Released in September 2005
B.3.2 Final Reports Released in November 2008
B.4 Diversity of WTC Ignorance-Peddling
B.4.1 National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
B.4.2 ADL —Anti-Defamation League
B.4.3 American Society of Safety Engineers
B.4.4 Europhysics News
B.4.5 Frank Greening et al.
B.4.6 RG Lee Group
B.4.7 Stephanie Singleton
B.4.8 James Millette
B.4.9 Maoxin Wu, Ronald Gordon, Robin Herbert, Maria Padilla, Jacqueline Moline, David Mendelson, Virginia Litle, William Travis, and Joan Gil
B.4.10 Anonymous
C. Alternative WTC Destruction Theories
A. Technical Documents – WTC 1, 2 & 7
A.1 The Controlled Demolition Theory
A.1.1 P S Kayley
A.1.2 Architects and Engineers
Ted Walter, Beyond Misinformation: What Science Says about the Destruction of World Trade Center Buildings 1, 2, and 7, 2015
Richard Gage, AIA, Evidence for the Explosive Demolition of WTC Building 7 on 9/11, September 2009
Billions of Previously Molten Iron Spheres in WTC Dust, Reveal Use of Thermitic Materials, August 2010
Witnesses of Molten Steel at Ground Zero, September 2016
World Trade Center Physics: Why Constant Acceleration Disproves Progressive Collapse, September 2016
A.1.3 Mark Basile
Mark Basile Progress Report, August 2014
A.1.4 Charles Beck
Mathematical Models of Progressive Collapse and the Question of How Did the World Trade Center Perish, October 2007
A.1.5 Ronald Brookman
The NIST Analyses: A Close Look at WTC 7, March 2010
A.1.6 David Chandler
Destruction of the World Trade Center North Tower and Fundamental Physics: Downward Acceleration of WTC 1, February 2010
A.1.7 Wayne Coste et al.
Wayne Coste and Michael Smith, Neglecting Peer Review: A Case Study of Engineering Ethics and the Official Reports about the Destruction of World Trade Center Building 7 (WTC7) on 9/11, May 2014
John Wyndham, Wayne Coste, and Michael Smith, Ethics and the Official Reports about the Destruction of the World Trade Center Twin Towers (WTC1 and WTC2) on 9/11: A Case Study, 2014
Investigating the Mechanics of Destruction at the Twin Towers on 9/11: The Case for Propelled Demolition, March 2020
“Surfing” the Big Wave on 9/11: Analysis of a Large Perimeter Column Wall Section of the South Tower, September 2020
A.1.8 A. K. Dewdney
A.1.9 Eric Douglas
The NIST WTC Investigation: How Real Was the Simulation?, December 2006
A.1.10 Timothy Eastman and Jonathan Cole
A.1.11 Crockett Grabbe
Discussion of “Progressive Collapse of the World Trade Center: A Simple Analysis” by K.A. Seffen, February 2008
A.1.12 David Griscom
A.1.13 Niels Harrit, Jeffrey Farrer, Steven Jones, Kevin Ryan, Frank Legge, Daniel Farnsworth, Gregg Roberts, James Gourley, and Bradley Larsen
A.1.14 Leroy Hulsey, Zhili Quan, and Feng Xiao
A.1.15 Steven Jones et al.
Why Indeed Did the WTC Buildings Completely Collapse?, September 2006
Steven Jones, Jeffrey Farrer, Gregory Jenkins, Frank Legge, James Gourley, Kevin Ryan, Daniel Farnsworth, and Crockett Grabbe, Extremely High Temperatures During the World Trade Center Destruction, January 2008
Steven Jones, Frank Legge, Kevin Ryan, Anthony Szamboti, and James Gourley, Fourteen Points of Agreement with Official Government Reports on the World Trade Center Destruction, 2008
Kevin Ryan, James Gourley and Steven Jones, Environmental anomalies at the World Trade Center: Evidence for Energetic Materials, August 2008
Steven Jones, Robert Korol, Anthony Szamboti, and Ted Walter, 15 Years Later: On the Physics of High-Rise Building Collapses, Europhysics News, July-August 2016
A.1.16 Robert Korol et al.
Robert Korol, Paul Heerema, and Ken Sivakumaran, The Collapse of WTC 7: A Re-Examination of the “Simple Analysis” Approach, February 2016
Steven Jones, Robert Korol, Anthony Szamboti, and Ted Walter, 15 Years Later: On the Physics of High-Rise Building Collapses, Europhysics News, July-August 2016
A.1.17 Kenneth Kuttler
WTC 7: A short Computation, June 2006
A.1.18 Frank Legge
NIST Data Disproves Collapse Theories Based on Fire, August 2006
9/11 – Acceleration Study Proves Explosive Demolition, November 2006
Frank Legge and Tony Szamboti, 9/11 and the Twin Towers: Sudden Collapse Initiation was Impossible, December 2007
WTC 1 Collapse – What if the Columns Miss?, March 2008
9/11 and Probability Theory, June 2008
Anonymous and Frank Legge, Falsifiability and the NIST WTC Report: A Study in Theoretical Adequacy, 2010
A.1.19 Jerry Lobdill
Molten What?, March 2007
A.1.20 Graeme McQueen et al.
Graeme MacQueen and Tony Szamboti, The Missing Jolt: A Simple Refutation of the NIST-Bazant Collapse Hypothesis, April 2009
A.1.21 William Pepper
The NIST Report on the Collapse of WTC Building 7 Challenged by 2,100 Architects and Engineers, December 2013
A.1.22 Gordon Ross et al.
Reply to Dr. Greening, August 2006
Craig Furlong and Gordon Ross, Seismic Proof – 9/11 Was an Inside Job (Updated Version II), September 2006
A.1.23 Andre Rousseau
Were Explosives the Source of the Seismic Signals Emitted from New York on September 11, 2001?, November 2012
A.1.24 Kevin Ryan
A.1.25 Ansgar Schneider
A.1.26 Tony Szamboti et al.
Frank Legge and Tony Szamboti, 9/11 and the Twin Towers: Sudden Collapse Initiation was Impossible, December 2007
The Sustainability of the Controlled Demolition Hypothesis for the Destruction of the Twin Towers, February 2008
Graeme MacQueen and Tony Szamboti, The Missing Jolt: A Simple Refutation of the NIST-Bazant Collapse Hypothesis, April 2009
Gregory Szuladzinski, Anthony Szamboti, and Richard Johns, Some Misunderstandings Related to WTC Collapse Analysis, International Journal of Protective Structures, June 2013
Tony Szamboti and Richard Johns, ASCE Journals Refuse to Correct Fraudulent Paper They Published On WTC Collapses, September 2014
A.1.27 Gregory Szuladzinski et al.
Temporal Considerations in Collapse of WTC Towers, February 2012
Gregory Szuladzinski, Anthony Szamboti, and Richard Johns, Some Misunderstandings Related to WTC Collapse Analysis, International Journal of Protective Structures, June 2013
A.1.28 Adam Taylor
Clarifying the Question of Collapse Times on 9/11, August 2021
Does Molten Aluminum Glow?, September 2013
A.1.29 Gregory Urich
A.1.30 John Wyndham et al.
John Wyndham, Wayne Coste, and Michael Smith, Ethics and the Official Reports about the Destruction of the World Trade Center Twin Towers (WTC1 and WTC2) on 9/11: A Case Study, 2014
A.1.31 Others
Robert Moore, Statement Regarding Thermite: Part 1, January 2007
Brian Vasquez, Glowing Aluminum Disinformation?, February 2007
Wes Lifferth, A Description of Molten Aluminum Poured onto Rusty Steel, March 2007
Terry Morrone, Proof that the Thermal and Gravitational Energy Available Were Insufficient to Melt Steel in the Twin Towers and 7 World Trade Center on 9/11/01, April 2007
Anon, Non-animated Visualization Aids to Assist in Understanding the Demolitions of the World Trade Center Twin Towers, November 2007
A.2 Challenges to NIST by AE911Truth
Bob McIlvaine, Bill Doyle, Steven Jones, Kevin Ryan, Richard Gage, AIA, and Scholars for 9/11 Truth and Justice, request for correction submitted to NIST, April 2007
NIST, response to 2007 request for correction above, September 2007
James Gourley, Bob McIlvaine, Steven Jones, Kevin Ryan, Richard Gage, AIA, and Scholars for 9/11 Truth and Justice, appeal letter to NIST, October 2007
NIST, David Chandler, James Gourley, Lorie van Auken, Steven Jones, Mindy Kleinberg, and others, Technical Briefing on Building 7, Transcript, August 2008
David Chandler, response to NIST, 2008
NIST, Finding Regarding Public Safety Information, July 2009
William Pepper, The NIST Report on the Collapse of WTC Building 7 Challenged by 2,100 Architects and Engineers, December 2013
90+ signers, Request for Correction Under the Data Quality Act to NIST’s Final Report on the Collapse of World Trade Center Building 7, April 2020
NIST, denial of 2020 request for correction above, August 2020
90+ signers, Appeal of the Initial Decision Regarding the Request for Correction to NIST’s Final Report on the Collapse of World Trade Center Building 7, September 2020
90+ signers, Supplemental Data Related to the Request for Correction to NIST’s Final Report on the Collapse of World Trade Center Building 7, December 2020
AE911Truth, Request for Issuance of Final Decision, and Alternative Notice of Intent to Sue, June 2021
NIST, Response to Appeal of NIST’s Initial Decision under the Information Quality Standards Guidelines, June 2021
United States District Court for The District of Columbia, Case 1:21-cv-02365 Document 1 [AE911Truth at al.’s lawsuit against NIST for denying 2020 request for correction above], September 2021
United States District Court for The District of Columbia, Case 1:21-cv-02365 Document 22 [dismissing AE911Truth at al.’s 2021 lawsuit above], August 2022
A.3 Countering Disinformation, Samples
A.3.1 By AE911Truth
Adam Taylor, What About the Planes That Slammed into The Twin Towers? Wouldn’t They Have Disturbed the Demolition Devices?, January 2012
Adam Taylor, What Is Nanothermite? Could It Have Been Used to Demolish the WTC Skyscrapers?, June 2012
Robert Korol and Anthony Szamboti, A Response from the ‘Lay Critics’ Regarding ‘Mechanics-Based Mathematical Studies Proving Spontaneity of Post-Impact WTC Towers Collapse’ [unpublished by Europhysics], March 2017
A.3.2 By Adam Taylor et al.
A Response to Chris Mohr’s Respectful Rebuttal of Richard Gage’s 9/11 Blueprint for Truth, September 2014
Observations on NIST’s WTC Fireproofing Loss and Collapse Scenario for the WTC Towers, September 2020
John-Michael Talboo and Adam Taylor, Debunking 9/11 Debunking: On WTC’s Design to Withstand 707 Impact, October 2020
A.3.3 By David Chandler
A.3.4 By Others
Kevin Ryan, Manuel Garcia Sees Physics That Don’t Exist, December 2006
Francisco Gonzalez, Comments on Garcia’s Sept. 12, 2007, Article in Counterpunch, September 2007
Frank Legge, 9/11 – A Letter to a Die-Hard Supporter of the Official Explanation, October 2007
Frank Legge, Frank Greening versus Isaac Newton, May 2009
David Proe and Ian Thomas, Center for Environmental Safety and Risk Engineering, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia, Comments on NIST WTC7 Report, March 2012
John-Michael Talboo and Ziggi Zugam, 9/11: Explosive Material in the WTC Dust, February 2016
Anthony Szamboti, Open Letter to Prof. Bazant [requesting correction of four papers published by the Journal of Engineering Mechanics], June 2016
P S Kayley, Sudden Building Collapse: An Evaluation of a New Risk in Operational Fire-fighting: An Independent Analysis, July 2016
American Institute of Architects, Resolution 16-3, Investigation of the Total Collapse of World Trade Center Building 7 [voted down], 2016
Mick Harrison, Preliminary Legal Assessment, for Public Consumption, of NIST’s Final Decision on Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth’s WTC 7 Request for Correction, July 2021
Anthony Szamboti and Richard Johns, Request for further action in the matter of Tony Szamboti and Richard Johns’ Ethics Complaint against ASCE members [and former editors of the Journal of Engineering Mechanics] Roberto Ballarini and Kaspar Willam [over discussing Le and Bazant’s 2011 paper], May 2022
Anthony Szamboti and Richard Johns, Appeal of Decision [by the Journal of Engineering Mechanics’ editor Franz-Josef Ulm to uphold the non-publication of a discussion of Le and Bazant’s 2011 paper], June 2022
B. Defenses of the Official WTC Collapse Narrative
B.1 Zdenek Bazant et al. — Mainstream Engineering Papers
Zdenek Bazant and Yong Zhou, Why Did the World Trade Center Collapse? —Simple Analysis, ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, September 2001
Zdenek Bazant and Mathieu Verdure, Mechanics of Progressive Collapse: Learning from World Trade Center and Building Demolitions, ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, March 2007
Zdenek Bazant, Jia-Liang Le, Frank Greening, and David Benson, What Did and Did not Cause Collapse of WTC Twin Towers in New York, ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, March 2008
Zdenek Bazant and Jia-Liang Le, Closure to “Mechanics of Progressive Collapse: Learning from World Trade Center and Building Demolitions,” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, October 2008
Jia-Liang Le and Zdenek Bazant, Why the Observed Motion History of World Trade Center Towers Is Smooth, ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, January 2011
Jia-Liang Le and Zdenek Bazant, Mechanics of Collapse of WTC Towers Clarified by Recent Column Buckling Tests of Korol and Sivakumaran, June 2022
Jia-Liang Le and Zdenek Bazant, Spontaneous Collapse Mechanism of World Trade Center Twin Towers and Progressive Collapse in General, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, June 2022
B.2 FEMA – Reports, May 2002
B.3 NIST – Reports
B.3.1 Final Reports Released in September 2005
B.3.2 Final Reports Released in November 2008
B.4 Diversity of WTC Ignorance-Peddling
B.4.1 National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
The 9/11 Commission Report, July 2004
B.4.2 ADL —Anti-Defamation League
B.4.3 American Society of Safety Engineers
Jeffrey Vincoli, Norman Black, and Stewart Burkhammer, SH&E at Ground Zero: A Firsthand Account from the Most Dangerous Workplace in the U.S., May 2002
B.4.4 Europhysics News
Jia-Liang Le and Zdenek Bazant, Mechanics-Based Mathematical Studies Proving Spontaneity of Post-Impact WTC Towers Collapse, January-February 2017, pp. 18-23
B.4.5 Frank Greening et al.
Energy Transfer in the WTC Collapse, February 2006
To Whom It May Concern, August 2006
Greening and Greening, Characterization of a World Trade Center Dust Sample, 2017
B.4.6 RG Lee Group
Damage Assessment, 130 Liberty Street Property: WTC Dust Signature Report, Composition and Morphology, Summary Report, December 2003
B.4.7 Stephanie Singleton
B.4.8 James Millette
B.4.9 Maoxin Wu, Ronald Gordon, Robin Herbert, Maria Padilla, Jacqueline Moline, David Mendelson, Virginia Litle, William Travis, and Joan Gil
B.4.10 Anonymous
C. Alternative WTC Destruction Theories
Richard Gage, with Jonathan Cole and Gregg Roberts, The Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) Hypothesis
AE911Truth, FAQ #15: The Nuclear Blast Hypothesis
Greg Jenkins, Arabesque, A Brief Analysis of Dr. Judy Wood’s Request for Correction to NIST: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Judy Wood, Greg Jenkins, Arabesque, Reply to “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” and Response
Gregory Jenkins, Introduction To an Interview with Dr. Judy Wood Conducted at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on January 10, 2007, Regarding the Use of Directed Energy Beams in The Demolition of The World Trade Center Towers, February 2007
Greg Jenkins, Arabesque, Interview with Dr. Judy Wood and Dr. Greg Jenkins
Greg Jenkins, Arabesque, Reply to “Greg Jenkins interview Judy Wood: An Interview and Analysis” by Judy Wood, and Response
Frank Legge, A study of some issues raised in a paper by Wood and Reynolds, January 2007
Gregory Jenkins, Matt Sullivan, The Overwhelming Implausibility of Using Directed Energy Beams to Demolish the World Trade Center Towers, April 2007
Gregory Jenkins, Solving The Great Steel Caper: DEW-Demolition Contrary Evidence, 2007
Gregory Jenkins, Supplemental: Miscellaneous Topics, DEW-Demolition Contrary Evidence, 2007
Steven Jones, Hard Evidence Repudiates the Hypothesis that Mini-Nukes Were Used on the WTC Towers, January 2007